Electrically-heated hair-waving device



M.1. GULLY.V

ELECTRICALLY HEATED HMH WA VING'DV!CE. APPLICATION' man m'AR. ss, 1920.

1 ,378.012. Patented May 17, 1921.

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M. 1. GULLY.

ELECTRICALLY HEATED HAIR WAVING DEVICE.

Patented May 17,1921.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8, I920.

UNITED STATES MARIE JOSEPHINE GULLY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ELECTRICALLY-HEATED HAIR-WAVING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application led March 18, 1920. Serial No. 366,782.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE JOSEPHINE CULLY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Electrically-Heated Hair-Taving Device; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to electrically heated hair waving devices in which the hair is spread around an electrically heated iron `or the like and held iny that position until the hair has acquired the desired permanent set. In hairwaving devices of this type as heretofore constructed it has been necessary to heat the iron by external means thereby causing considerable annoyance and delay in the operation thereof. Another diiliculty vencounteredvwhen the hair waving devicey is heated by external means is the uneven temperature `of the iron. Y

It is Van object therefore of this invention to provide means for waving the hair in two planes simultaneously and thereby giving the hair an irregular corkscrew form which is pleasing to the eye, -said means being maintained at a uniform temperature by an electricV heating element `associated therewith.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the drawings and specification.

`The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a device em- `bodying this invention. 45

Fig.`2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a part of the del VICE.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fio.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section on line 5 of Fig. 4.

ig. 6 is a plan view of a part of the device. l Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof; I

V Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the arrange ment of the electric resistance wires heating element.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a modiiied form of device embodying the principles ofthis invention.

Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 11 is a section on thel line 11-11 of Fig. 9 with parts in elevation.

Fig. 12 is a section on line 12-12 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary section on line lenig of Fig. 1e. l

Fig. 14 is a side elevation of another form of'device embodying the principles of this invention.

Fig. 15'v is a transverse section taken through a modified form of recessed iron.

As shown on the drawings- The device comprises an iron l slidably mounted on a plate 2 which in turn is provided with a handle 3; Pivoted at 4 to this handle 3 is a second handle 5 which carries a pair of knife-like members 6 adapted to be moved toward and away from the iron by means of the handles 3 and 5. Said knifein the .like members 6 are stamped from a single sheet of metal as shown in Fig. 6 and are provided with a boss 6A on the upper side thereof which limits the movementof said member .-6 by engaging the inner side of the plate 2 as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The iron is rounded on one side so that by moving the member 6 toward the iron the hair .may be drawn across that rounded portion and thereby given a wave in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the .iron. In order that the hair may be simultaneously waved in a second direction, the

-iron is formed with` a series of transverse corrugations or ridges 7 between which the 'hair is drawn by the action of the member 6.

A 21'is provided in the back of the iron 1 as shown in Fig. 4,V and for covering said recess a plate 22`is provided. The relative movement of the iron and the plate may conveniently be accomplished by slotting the plate I the hair by the member 6l vided at the end of the lever 13.

V'on the plate 2.

as at 10 and providing lugs 11 on the back of the iron and the plate 22, said lugs having slots 12 for sliding engagement with the edges of the slot 10. The movement of the iron along the plate maybe readily con trolled by the lever 13 which is pivoted to the Plate at 14 and connected at 15 to a link 16. Said link 16 is pivotally attached at 17 to one of the lugs 11 on the Vplate 22. A finger hold 18 may conveniently be pro- Care must be taken to prevent pulling or tearing of For this purpose ample clearance is provided between these members and the iron on one side and the fianges 8 on the other. Further clearance is provided between the inner edge of the member 6 and the plate 2 as shown in Fig. 1 bythe provision of the boss 6A on said member 6 which contacts the inner surface For electrically heating the iron 1 a heater element 23 is secured in the recess 21 therein as shown in Figs. 4 and V11. Said heater element 23 comprises high resistance 'wires 24 as shown in Fig. 8, and which are embedded in non-inflammable insulating material 25 and arranged in folds as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Electrical energy is supplied to the high resistance wires 24 of the heater element 23 through insulated conductors 26 which are connected with a source of electrical energy. Said insulated conductors 26 are introduced into the recess 21 through a goose-neck conduit 27. Said goose-neclrconduit 27 is provided at its outer end with a Vknurled outlet boss 28 as shown in Figs.

1 and 2. v

- In the'device shown in Figs. 9 to 13 invelusive the resistance wires of the heater elements are connected to flatcontacts 29 which are mounted in the apertures in an insulating boss 30 secured in the rear of the plate 22 adjacent the boss 11. Said flat contacts 29 slidably contact the flat contacts 30 which are engaged in the apertures in the insulating boss 31 and which are connected in the lmurled boss 32 to a pair of electrical conductors in the cable 33. The cable 33 may thereby be disconnected from the iron by i lifting the knurled boss 32 therefrom. Said cable 33 extends through an aperture in the pivot 4 and outwardly through the interior' of the handle 3 to a source of supply of electrical energy as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. In the device shown in Fig. 14 the electrical conductor cable 33 is introduced into the recess through a goose neck 34 and said conductor cable 33 is engaged through an aperture in the pivot 4 .and extends outwardly through the interior of the handle 3 as shown in Figs. 12 and 13 to a' threaded plug 35 which may be connected with a source of electrical energy.

Fig. 15 shows a section through a modified terial by casting or other suitable means.

The operation is as follows:

r1`he electrical supply conductors 26 or 33 are connected to a source of electrical energy `whereby high resistance wires 24 and the heater element 23 are heated, and the iron 1 is thereby heated and maintained at uniform temperature. The handles 3 and 5 are separated to move the members 6 away from the iron sufficiently to allow the strands of hair to be placed therein. The handles are brought together thereby moving the members 6 into the space between the iron 1 and the flanges 8.V rlhis action draws the hair over the iron and also brings it into engagement with the corrugations 7 and 9 4on the iron and flanges 8 respectively. rlhe lever 13 is then operated to move the iron longitudinally after allowing time for the hair to acquire permanent set, the handles 3 and 5 are separated and the device brought 'into engagement with another section of ment of this invention maintains the iron 1 at a substantially uniform temperature, far more successful results'may be obtained with this device than where the iron is heated from an external source.

l am aware that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and l therefore do not I purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

l claim as my invention:

1. A hair-waving device comprising en iron, means for'maintaining the iron at a substantially uniform temperature, mea-ns for bending the hair relatively to the iron in two different planes and holding the hair in contact therewith until a permanent set has been imparted to the hairsuch bending and holdingmeans allowing the hair to slide freely relatively thereto.

2. In a hair curler, an element, means for heating it, a member mounted for motion toward and from said element for bringing the hair into contact therewith, said element being mounted for movement parallel to the member in its position nearest the element, and means for giving said element thelastnamed motion. i

3. ln a hair curler, element having a and rounded surface, ribs on said surface, a cooperating member, teeth on said member, means for moving said element and member toward one another, whereby the hair is forced between saidribs and teeth into the form of said rounded surface, and means for moving said element longitudinally relatively to said member, whereby the hair is given a curvature in a plane at an angle to the curvature given by the approach of said member and element, and means for keeping said element hot.

4. In a hair curler, a support, a member pivoted thereto, and an element slidably mounted thereon, and means for heating said element.

5. In a hair curler, a support, a handle rigid therewith, a second handle pivoted thereto, a member rigid with said second handle, anelement slidably mounted in said support, means for giving said element itsV In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARIE JosEPHINE GULLY.

Witnesses EARL M. HARDINE, CARLTON HILL. 

